Roy Jackson (18 June 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a

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, who served as Assistant General Secretary of the

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(TUC). Born in

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in London, Jackson was educated at North Paddington Central School. He left to work for the Post Office Savings Bank, followed by a period of

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with the

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. When released from the Navy, he won a trade union scholarship to

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, where he studied alongside

Norman Willis Norman David Willis (21 January 1933 – 7 June 2014) was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom from 1984 to 1993, and President of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 1991 to 1993. Li ...

. He then moved on to Worcester College, Oxford where he completed a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. Jackson next found work in the education department of the Trades Union Congress, and in 1964 became its Director of Studies. He wrote a report, "Training Shop Stewards", which became the official TUC line on the shop stewards' movement, and led to new approaches to training trade unionists. He became head of the TUC's Education Department in 1974, and in 1984 was a co-founder of the TUC National College, in

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. In 1984, Jackson was appointed as an assistant general secretary of the TUC, serving under Willis. He was involved in negotiations on issues ranging from the UK miners' strike to the expulsion of the

Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union, known as the EETPU, was a British trade union formed in 1968 as a union for electricians and plumbers, which went through three mergers from 1992 to now be part of Unite the Un ...

from the TUC, and also organised a completed refurbishment of

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. Jackson served on numerous other bodies, including the

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Committee on Continuing Education and

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Convocation. He retired from his trade union posts in 1992, following which he served on the

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and the board of directors of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Roy 1928 births 2010 deaths Alumni of Ruskin College Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Trade unionists from London People from Paddington 20th-century Royal Navy personnel Royal Navy sailors Military personnel from London